Image, Source: digital file from original neg.
Image, Source: digital file from original neg.


I think that this picture does an exceptional job of representing the Great Depression era. That is because it shows that people were very poor during the Great Depression. The children in this photograph are obviously extremely poor. Their clothes are very low quality, and none of the children in the picture have shoes on. Another way that it represetns that era is that its black and white color makes it a very gloomy picture. None of the children are smiling. They all look tired and sad. It almost looks like they are about to cry. This represents that era because many people were sad and couldn't afford much. They couldn't even afford the luxury of shoes. The railing is worn out and chipped. You can tell that they are struggling to make ends meet. It shows how hard the lives were of people during the Great Depression, and how much they struggled.